INTERIOR OF DUOMO AT MESSINA SHOWING ROW OF SAINTS, SOME HAVING BEEN
THROWN OUT OF THEIR BERTHS BY THE SHOCK
Beautiful columns of granite and porphyry lie in the foreground
INTERIOR OF SAN PAULO CATHEDRAL, SHOWING SOME MASTER PAINTINGS WHICH
WERE SAVED
Many art treasures, of which Messina had its share, were destroyed. Of the 50 churches in
Messina, only one remains standing